Moment BBC presenter fights back tears in emotional Ozzy Osbourne tribute

A BBC Radio 1 presenter fought back tears as he announced the news of Ozzy Osbourne’s death at the age of 76.

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00:00We bring you the sad news that Ozzy Osbourne has sadly passed away at the age of 76.

00:05The Prince of Darkness himself, the frontman of one of the most important heavy metal bands, Black Sabbath,

00:13whose second album, Paranoid, remains, without doubt, the most influential metal album of all time.

00:21If you've had a chance to listen to that album, you'll know when I say this.

00:24But if not, the riffs were cutthroat and raw, and I mean, there really wasn't a consideration to be like something or play up to a certain way.

00:36There was only concern to be heard.

00:40And this track that I want to play you from Black Sabbath tonight was the opener to the album.

00:46And it was emblematic, set the tone, and completely ambitious in its time.

00:54Which was 1970, by the way.

00:58Fresh off the back of the chokehold of the Beatles, this felt like something fresh and different and exciting.

01:08Ozzy's voice felt timelessly evil, filled with temptation and snare.

01:14There was no way once you heard Ozzy do his thing that you were going anywhere but listening to Black Sabbath.

01:24Riding the rhythm and blues that had so far shaped the sound of rock and roll,

01:29Ozzy Osbourne, on this track and beyond, shaped himself as the Prince of Darkness.

01:36Rest in peace to a legend.

01:38This is War Pigs by Black Sabbath on Radio 1.